ELEMENTS OF A CYBERNETIC THEORY OF PURPOSIVENESS

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Kybernetes

ISSN: 0368-492X

Online from: 1972

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ELEMENTS OF A CYBERNETIC THEORY OF PURPOSIVENESS

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Title:	ELEMENTS OF A CYBERNETIC THEORY OF PURPOSIVENESS
Author(s):	A. LOCKER, (Department of Theoretical Biophysics, Institute of Theoretical Physics I, University of Technology, Karlsplatz 13, A-1040 Vienna (Austria))
Citation:	A. LOCKER, (1980) "ELEMENTS OF A CYBERNETIC THEORY OF PURPOSIVENESS", Kybernetes, Vol. 9 Iss: 2, pp.97 - 108
Article type:	General review
DOI:	10.1108/eb005546 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	MCB UP Ltd
Abstract:	Only the elements of a theory of purposiveness are presented in this paper, the two main items being the effectiveness of a purpose with respect to a system and the generation of a purpose by a system. The author then gives some preliminary definitions and studies the PPG-concept. The role of the body-machine in the actualization of the PPG-concept is discussed, the latter serving as a model of the theory of purposiveness. The paper concludes with a proposal concerning a system's systematization on the basis of its ability to passively follow or to actively select goals for itself. A normative theory has to be considered as a presupposition of the theory of purposiveness.

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